Police arrest a parrot after it alerted criminals of an incoming raid

Brazilian police have taken into custody a parrot after the mouthy bird worried the chances of the officers of grabbing drug dealers by tipping off the law breakers.

The police in Brazil have taken into custody, a parrot, after the bird almost jeopardised a raid by the law officers by tipping off drug dealers to the presence of the police.

The parrot was apparently an animal that played lookout for two crack-dealing suspects. When the police showed up, the bird squeaked “Mama, police!”, thereby alerting its masters to the law officers.

According to Brazilian police in the state of Piauí, they encountered the unnamed parrot at the home of the two alleged crack cocaine dealers, perched inside a small brick one-story home with a windowless facade.

Brazil’s R7 news channel reported that as police searched for the suspects, it seemed the lime-green bird knew exactly what to do.